Re: Seatbelts (was Egypt)

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:39:31 GMT, "BrotherBart"
<BrotherBart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>Then why do more than half of new teachers leave the profession within
>>five years?
>
>Kids? Parents?
>
>Hell, my niece just graduated with a degree in education and her and several
>of her classmates went and found a different job after just doing the
>student teaching. For less money.

Kids, parents, discipline problems, disillusion, being the victim of
violence from either kids or their parents, growing weary of working
10-20 unpaid hours a week. Oh, and let's not forget that a lot of
well-qualified teachers can go into private employment for *more*
money, further reducing the talent pool for public school teachers.

In my community, teacher assignments are to a great extent a function
of seniority. This means the newbie teachers, most of whom are 22-23
years of age and have little to no direct, solo teaching experience,
get assigned to the least-desirable schools in the system. We have
the largest county in the country, based on land mass, and some
teachers find themselves assigned to schools that are nearly an hour's
commute away.

Frankly, I'm surprised *any* of them last beyond five years.


--
Ty
Who is mostly just a
slightly skewed
Donna Reed

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
--Edward Abbey
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